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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams, addresses the Jamaica Association of Education Officers’ annual general meeting at Ocean Coral Spring in Trelawny, on Friday (August 26).
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams, addresses the Jamaica Association of Education Officers’ annual general meeting at Ocean Coral Spring in Trelawny, on Friday (August 26).

Gov’t Looking to Adequately Equip Education Officers for New School Year

The Ministry of Education and Youth is looking to adequately equip the nation’s education officers with the requisite resources to enable them to perform their duties efficiently during the 2022/23 academic year, which begins on Monday, September 5. Portfolio Minister,...
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (fourth left), presents awards to this year’s Petrojam scholars who have performed outstandingly in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. They are (from left) Greenwich Primary’s Javonne Wong, who will be attending Kingston Technical High School and Tasheka Williams, who will be attending Meadowbrook High School. From St. Andrew Primary are Adrianna Whittingham, who heads to Excelsior High School, and Robert Reynolds, who will be attending the St. Andrew Technical High School. An awards ceremony was held at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston on Thursday (August 25).
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (fourth left), presents awards to this year’s Petrojam scholars who have performed outstandingly in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. They are (from left) Greenwich Primary’s Javonne Wong, who will be attending Kingston Technical High School and Tasheka Williams, who will be attending Meadowbrook High School. From St. Andrew Primary are Adrianna Whittingham, who heads to Excelsior High School, and Robert Reynolds, who will be attending the St. Andrew Technical High School. An awards ceremony was held at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston on Thursday (August 25).

Petrojam Continues Support of PEP Students
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams, addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 58th annual conference, held at Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday, August 24.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon Fayval Williams, addresses the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) 58th annual conference, held at Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday, August 24.

Distribution of Textbooks Commences First Week of New School Year
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fifth left) and Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders (second right, background), are pictured with Primary Exit Profile (PEP) awardees following a presentation ceremony at Banquet Hall, Jamaica House, on Tuesday (August 23).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fifth left) and Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders (second right, background), are pictured with Primary Exit Profile (PEP) awardees following a presentation ceremony at Banquet Hall, Jamaica House, on Tuesday (August 23).

PM Awards PEP Achievers
Founder of YES Effect International and Youth Empowerment Specialist, Ruth Lawrence (second left) and Founder of WomanUp Ja and Social Media Ambassador at the United States Embassy, Jamaica, Isheba Cornwall (second right), with Social Media Ambassador, United States Embassy, Jamaica, Mark Anthony Deacon (left) and moderator at the recently held What’s Next Conference, Tamoy Campbell, at the Excelsior Community College.
Founder of YES Effect International and Youth Empowerment Specialist, Ruth Lawrence (second left) and Founder of WomanUp Ja and Social Media Ambassador at the United States Embassy, Jamaica, Isheba Cornwall (second right), with Social Media Ambassador, United States Embassy, Jamaica, Mark Anthony Deacon (left) and moderator at the recently held What’s Next Conference, Tamoy Campbell, at the Excelsior Community College.

Youth Participate in Goal-Setting Conference

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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses a press conference on the availability of teachers for the 2022/23 academic year, at the Ministry in Kingston, on Monday (August 22).
EducationYouth

964 Specialist Teachers May Be Available for New School Year

There are 964 specialist teachers who may be available for employment in public education institutions for the 2022/23 academic year. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, disclosed the details during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston, on Monday (August 22). Citing the resignation of some 167 teachers who tendered notices in July this year, the Minister...
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Chair, Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP), Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Jessica Russell.
Youth

Youth Encouraged to Join CPFSA’s Children’s Advisory Panel

The Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is accepting new members this year, and interested youth are being encouraged to apply. The body, which comprises members aged 13 to 17, is refreshed every two years to allow older members to make way for new persons. “Right now, so many of our members have...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right), presents the prestigious Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts to Co-curricular Coordinator at Ardenne High School, Marsha Lawrence-Davids. She collected the award on behalf of the school during the National Performing Arts Excellence Awards Ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on August 17. The event was organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).
CultureEducationYouth

PHOTOS: Ardenne High Cops Marcus Garvey Award

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (right), presents the prestigious Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts to Co-curricular Coordinator at Ardenne High School, Marsha Lawrence-Davids. She collected the award on behalf of the school during the National Performing Arts Excellence Awards Ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), and Executive Chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited, Gary Peart (right) look on students (from left) Githaniel Byfield and Janella Burton show them the coding programme used to control the robot they made. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the five-day Junior Creators Robotics Camp held at Ardenne High School in Kingston on August 19. The camp was spearheaded by the Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with Halls of Learning.
TechnologyYouth

Students Gain Robotics Skills at Five-Day Camp

Over 80 primary and secondary level students were exposed to skills in robotics, engineering, and coding at a free five-day camp, which ended on Friday, August 19. The Junior Creators Robotics Camp, organised by Supreme Ventures Foundation in partnership with Halls of Learning, was being staged for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participating students, including...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), presents a back-to-school package to young Asier Bryan, who is being held by his mother Treviece Gayle. The occasion was a back-to-school fair hosted by staff of the Ministry on August 18 at the PCJ Building, Kingston. It catered to children of members of employees of the Ministry and their relatives.
EducationEnergyTechnologyYouth

Students Get Back-to-School Items

Scores of students were assisted in their preparations for the reopening of schools in September at a back-to-school fair staged by staff of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology on Thursday (August 18). The event catered to children of employees and their relatives, who were provided with packages containing notebooks, pens, pencils and masks. They also received snack items....
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PAH! Deaf Dance Company entertains attendees at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s fifth National Children’s Summit. The event was held at the National Indoors Sports Centre in Kingston on August 18.
Youth

CPFSA Hosts Fifth National Children’s Summit

Hundreds of children, mainly wards of the State, converged at the National Indoors Sports Centre on Thursday (August 18) for the fifth staging of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) National Children’s Summit. The biennial event was conceptualised by the agency’s Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) in 2014, as a means of increasing interaction with the youngsters the panel...
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